Eyeglasses and spectacles



April 14, 1925.

- 1,533,754 -H. NEWBOLD ET AL v I EYEGLASSES AND SPECTACLES Filed Dec.1, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l H. NEWBOLD ET AL EYEGLASSES AND SPECTACLESApril 14, 1925 1,533fifi i Filed Dec. 2.1, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY NEWBOLD, OF ST. ALBANS, AND ANDREW JAMES HARRISON, OF OIITON,ENGLAND; SAID NEWBOLD ASSIGNOR '10 SAID HARRISON.

EYEGLASSES AND SPECTACLES.

Application filed December 21, 1923. Serial No. 682,524.

Bernards,.Cumberland Road, St. Albans, in

the county of Herts, England, and The Ferns, ()lton, in the county ofWarw1ck, England, respectively, have invented certam new and usefulImprovements in Eyeglasses and Spectacles; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to eyeglasses and spectacles and has for itsobject to provide an improved or simplified method of manufacture andincluding a novel. form of bridge piece.

According to the present invention in the manufacture of spectaclesoreyeglasses we form the bridge piece with lugs or projections at its'edgeor edges and we employ such lugs or projections for securing the bridgepiece to the rims or straps which are to carry the glasses.

Prior to securing the bridge piece to the rims or straps, it is, ofcourse, bent to a suitable shape. If required, the bridge piece may beprovided with integral or other arms or extensions for carrying plaquetpieces for keeping the bridge clear of the bridge of the nose.

The bridge piece may be made from a sheet metal blank punched out offlat stock or it may be made from gold filled or other material in theform of oval wire.

In the latter case the wire is reduced where required to provide thelugs and, when used, the plaquet holders.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a pairof spectacles constructed in accordance with our invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blank form ing the bridge piece.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the blank after it has been bentand the plaquet pieces added.

Figure 4 is a plan view showin another blank suitable for forming a brige piece.

Fi ure 5 is a perspective view showing the blank illustrated in Figure 4after it has been bent.

Figure 6 is a front view of a pair of eyeglasses embodying another formof our invention.

. Figure 7 is a perspective view showing one method of attaching thebridge piece to the strap or clip for carrying the glass.

Figure 8 is a view in plan ishowing the blank from which the bridgepiece shown in Figure 7 was made.

Figure 9 is a plan view of a blank for constructing another form ofbridge piece.

Figure 10 is a rear view of a air of eyeglasses embodying a bridge ma efrom the blank shown 1n Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a side view showing the method of attaching the bridgepiece to the rims of the glasses shown in Figure 10..

In the construction illustrated in Figures 1, 2'and 3, the sheet metalblank 1 which 1s to form the bridge piece has a central curved portion 2on either side of which is a lug or projection 3 extending from one edgeof theblank. Beyond the projections 3 the blank is provided withextensions 4 which terminate/in enlarged ends 5 which are perforated forreceiving rivets.

The blank shown in Figure 2 is bent into the position shown in Figure 3and plaquet pieces 6 are secured-to the ends 5 by rivetmg.

The bridge piece 1 can then be secured to the rims 7 of a pair ofglasses by soldering the projections 3 to the rims 'as shown in Figure1.

Instead of employing a blank as shown in Figure 2, we may employ a blankas shown in Figure 4 wherein the central part 8 is straight in planinstead of being curved and the projections 9 extend backwardly insteadof forwardly from the blank. The extensions 4 and their ends 5 areconstructed as before}. This blank is bent into the position shown inFigure 5 and the projections 9 may be secured to the rims or clips ofglasses by soldering.

Another arrangement is shown in Figures 6, 7 and 8, wherein the blank 10is provided with rearwardly extending projections 11.which areperforated at 12 for rivets. The blank 10 is provided with theextensions 4 terminating at 5 as in the previously describedconstruction.

This blank can be used either with spectacles or rimmed glasses orrimless glasses. In either case, the blank forming the brid e' piece issecured to the part carrying two glasses by a screw such as 13, and 1fre-' quired the parts carrying the glasses may inturned edges, as shownat 14.

Another arrangement is shown in Figures 9, 10 and 11, wherein the blank15 is rovided with two pairsof spaced projections or spikes 16. Theblank is provided with the extensions 4 which terminate at 5, as in thepreviously described constructions and the-centre part of the blank 17may either be curved or straight.

This blank is intended primarily for use with eyeglasses or spectacleshaving rims made of shell or imitation shell and it is.

secured to such rims by passing the pairs tached one to each of theprojections there- A frame for eyeglasses comprising a strip-like bridgemember; a pair of spaced projections extending laterally from one edgeof the bridge member in the plane be provided with channel shaped clipswith" of the strip; a pair of lens holders formed separately from thebridge member and attached one to each of the projections there-5' on;extending arms on said bridge mem-'\ ber and separately formed plaquetssecured upon said arms. I

3. A frame for eyeglasses comprising a strip-like bridge member; twopairs of spaced extensions located substantially in the plane of thestrip, one pair being located on the ends of the bridge member and theother pair between the ends; a pair of separately formed plaquetssecured one on each of the extensions at the end of the bridge; and apair of lens holders formed separately from the bridge member andattached one to each of the remaining projections thereon.

4. A frame for eyeglasses comprising a strip-like bridge member, twosets of projections spaced apart and extending-laterally from one edge,in the lane of the strip; and a pair of lens ho ders formed separatelyfrom the bridge member and seoured thereto by the projections on thebridge which pass through the lens holders and are riveted over at theirends.

In witness whereof we afiix our signatures.

ANDREW JAMES HARRISON. HARRY NEWBOLD.

